The Pediatric Speech Sister Network© on YouTube Live, founded by Melanie Y. Evans, MS CCC-SLP, is a collection of online channels dedicated to building a community of culturally competent and thriving speech pathologists.
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Matt, Michelle, and Rachel dive into the research and pop news in and related to the field of Speech and Language Pathology. On this week’s episode they discuss the role the SLP has in Concussion protocol and wearable tech for voice care.
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Christina Hunger works with one- and two-year-old children, many of which use adaptive devices to communicate. So she wondered what would happen if she taught her two-month-old puppy, a Catahoula/Blue Heeler named Stella, to do the same.
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This episode is a rerun of a previous episode originally published on March 7th, 2021.

On a daily walk with their newborn sons in strollers, Madeline Romano and Mary Vitale, both 35- year-old pediatric speech language pathologists, began to hash out a plan for a business that would allow them to spend time with their own children, while doing what they love - helping kids with with speech development in a fun “parent and me” class setting.
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Practice the SURE way to say the R sound with Peachie Speechie’s speech-language pathologist, Meredith Avren!
This method uses shaping to achieve accurate production of the R sound. Watch and learn how to shape the SH sound into an R sound!
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Tara McAllister is a linguist and speech-language pathologist who studies speech learning in various populations, notably children with speech sound disorder. Dr. McAllister has directed the development of staRt, an iOS app to make biofeedback intervention more widely accessible.
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Rachel Romeo was about to begin the second leg of her long flight home after a conference in Helsinki, Finland, when a flight attendant approached her with a warning. She would be seated next to a 10-year-old boy with behavioral issues, they said, and as the flight was fully booked, there was no way they could move her to another seat.
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In this episode, I talk about the best advice for teletherapists. There’s a lot of information and resources floating around regarding teletherapy, so today’s episode highlights some of the essential core recommendations to keep in mind.
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Matthew Bowers, an educator at ACES at Chase in Waterbury, receives $5,000 to support his classroom project titled 'Service Learning Through Assistive Technology Engineering'
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